NHS Lothian says sorry to families after independent review finds ‘horrendous’ failings over a nine-year periodA Scottish health board has apologised for “horrendous” failings after an independent review found that deaf children missed out on vital coc…
Treasure Island review – BSL production a sign of progress
Derby theatreJim Hawkins becomes a young woman (or two) in this joyous but flawed adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic taleWhile this is a sometimes flawed production, with an occasionally uneven pace and a script that could do with more dept…
Vic Reeves reveals inoperable tumour has left him deaf in one ear
Comic says doctors are monitoring his vestibular schwannoma, a non-cancerous brain tumourThe comedian Vic Reeves has spoken for the first time about being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour that has left him deaf in one ear.The 62-year-old, best…
Coda review – the trials of a musical teenager in a non-hearing household
This year’s Sundance hit, about the daughter of deaf parents who dreams of becoming a singer, is undeniably feelgood, if a little formulaicWhen Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) sings, she gets a good feeling. Sorting through the daily catch aboard her family’…